Sometimes, bigger is better. The girls
have SO
much fun making these larger than life crafts.
Tasha (6) and Kaitlyn (2) both enjoyed this
project (especially trying to hold it up for the camera... )!
MATERIALS:
You have to have the newspaper and some
sort of paint. The rest is easily substituted (I've put OPTIONS
in red text throughout the instructions).
BODY
newspaper
some color of paint. We used
crayola red, white and blue tempra paints and just mixed
them together to make pink and purple
something to sew up the sides... either:
stapler
OR
hole punch and string/wool
If doing this project with
young children, point out
that the wings are TRIANGLES
and the body is a
RECTANGLE
INSTRUCTIONS:
Take four full sheets of newspaper and lay them
on top of each other (it's best if the top and bottom sheets are just
black and white as it's harder to paint over the colored newspaper).
Fold the newspaper in half
diagonally to make a triangle.
Staple up one of the sides
OPTION: instead of
stapling, punch holes with the hole punch all the way
around. Use string or wool and sew up one of the sides.
Open up your pouch. Stuff with crumpled up
newspaper.
Staple or sew the other side shut.
Now do the WHOLE thing again to
make a second triangle (wing).
Take two more full sheets of
newspaper and fold in half (the normal fold of a
newspaper) and then half again to make a body shape
Staple all the way around two sides
OPTION: instead of
stapling, punch holes with the hole punch all the way
around. Use string or wool and sew up two of the sides.
Open up your pouch. Stuff with crumpled up
newspaper.
Staple or sew the third side shut.
Paint the butterfly wings a
base color (we used 1/4 crayola red and 3/4 crayola
white to make this pink color)
You could also use a
sponge or a rag to spread it around.
Let dry.
You may wish to do a second
coat.
If you're hanging your
butterfly from
the wall, you only have to do the front. If you're hanging it
from the ceiling, you may wish to paint the back at this point
Paint the butterfly body a base
color (we added about 1/8 blue to the pink we mixed
to make a purple color). We used potatoes cut
in half to stamp purple dots onto the wings
wing
body
Fold a piece of white paper
in half and cut out a circle (you'll end up with
two identical circles)
Paint or color eyeballs and
glue them to the body
Cut out a mouth and paint
or color that
Staple the wings onto the
body (an adult should do this) and hang up your
butterfly!
body
